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When you use this site, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to abide by the terms described in the User Agreement.

User Agreement

Terms of Use
The World Wide Website with its home page in the domain "cancernavigator.org" (the "Website") is a complimentary information and interactive community service offered by San Diego County Cancer Navigator ("CNAV") at no charge to users of the World Wide Web, with the express condition that these users agree to be bound by the terms and conditions set forth in this User Agreement. CNAV reserves the right to change these terms and conditions any time, without notice to you, and you must consult the most recent version of this User Agreement (not an older cache version) each time you view the Website. Use of this Website constitutes your acceptance of all the following terms and conditions, in their current form or as modified.

Description of Service
CNAV currently provides users access to an extensive amount of resources, including, but not limited to, public forums, health and medical content, online tools, calendaring, and e-mail (the "Service"). CNAV assumes no responsibility or liability for the timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store any user communications or personalization data or settings. All such risks shall be borne by you.

Registered User Account, Password, and Security
As an option, users may register and create a personal account profile to provide more personalized information. Users are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the user ID and password, and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under their account. CNAV does not retain liability or responsibility for such use.

User Submissions
By submitting communications or content to any part of the Site where such content would be viewable by the public (e.g. posting a public forum/bulletin board or public chat or other public communication), you agree that such submission is nonconfidential for all purposes. Any submission to the Website will be deemed and remain the property of CNAV. You grant or warrant that the owner of such content has expressly granted CNAV a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, world-wide nonexclusive license to use, reproduce, create derivative works from, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform and display the communication or content in any media or medium, or any form, format, or forum now known or hereafter developed.

Modifications to the Service
CNAV reserves the right at any time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that CNAV shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension, or discontinuance of the Service.

Termination
You agree that CNAV, in its sole discretion, may terminate your password, account (or any part thereof) or use of this Service, and remove and discard any content within the Service, for any reason, including, without limitation, for lack of use or if CNAV believes that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of this user agreement. You agree that any termination of your access may be effected without prior notice, and acknowledge and agree that CNAV may immediately deactivate or delete your account and all related information and files in your account and/or bar further access to such files or the service. Further, you agree that CNAV shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your access to the Service.

Medical Disclaimer
You acknowledge that the information on the Website is provided "as is" for general information only. It is not intended as medical advice, and should not be relied upon as a substitute for consultations with qualified health professionals who are familiar with your individual medical needs.

Disclaimer of Warranty
CNAV makes no warranties of any kind regarding this Website, including but not limited to any warranty of accuracy, completeness, currency, reliability, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose, or any warranty that these pages, or the server that makes them available, are free of viruses or other harmful elements, and such warranties are expressly disclaimed.

Limitation of Liability
You agree that you will hold harmless CNAV and its officers, directors, employees, and volunteers from all claims arising out of or related to your access or use of, or your inability to access of use, this Website or the information contained in this Website or the other Websites to which it is linked. This includes, but is not limited to, information or materials viewed or downloaded from this Website or another Website to which it is linked that appeared to you or are construed by you to be obscene, offensive, defamatory, or that infringe upon your intellectual property rights. In no event will CNAV or the contributors of information to this Website be liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action taken by you in reliance on such information or for any consequential, special or similar damages, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

Endorsements
You acknowledge that the opinions and recommendations contained in this Website are not necessarily those of CNAV or endorsed by CNAV. CNAV may provide links on the Website to other websites which are not under the control of CNAV. In general, any website which has an address (or URL) which does not contain "cancernavigator.org" is such a Website. These links are provided for convenience of reference only and are not intended as an endorsement by CNAV of the organization or individual operating the Website or a warranty of any type regarding the Website or the information on the Website.

Usage of Content
Unless otherwise indicated, all information contained on this Website, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips is copyrighted by and proprietary to the San Diego County Cancer Navigator, and may not be copied, reproduced, transmitted, displayed, performed, distributed, sublicensed, altered, stored for subsequent use or otherwise used in whole or part in any manner without CNAV's prior consent, except that the user may make such temporary copies in a single computer's RAM and hard drive cache as are necessary to browse the Website. The user may also make a single copy of the content displayed on any page of the Website to be used by the user for personal and noncommercial uses which do not harm the reputation of the CNAV, provided that the user does not remove any trademarks, copyright, and any other notice contained in such content.

Linking Information
CNAV is not responsible for the information or materials contained on the host Website. Links to this Website are provided for convenience of reference only and are not intended as an endorsement by CNAV of the organization or individual operating the host Website or a warranty of any type regarding the host Website or the information on the host Website.

Content Usage
Our Content Usage Policy specifies how the information on this site may or may not be used, and include copyright, trademark, personal usage, and jurisdiction guidelines.

Internet Privacy Policy
The CNAV Privacy Policy details our online information practices, including the use of personal information and out commitment to data security.

Our Commitment to Privacy
CNAV respects the privacy of every individual who visits www.cancernavigator.org ("Website"). This notice explains our on-line-information practices. Because your privacy is important to us, we provide you with notice and choices about the collection and use of your information. To make this notice easy to find, links are provided at the bottom of our home page and on every page within our Website. Additionally, each page that requests personally identifiable information reminds you of the importance of your privacy and provides a link to the privacy policy. By visiting CNAV at www.cancernavigator.org you accept the practices described in this Privacy Notice.

Data Collection

We collect two types of information:

1. Standard Web server traffic pattern, general traffic, site usage, and length-of-stay information data are collected and stored in log files. This type of information is shared externally only on an aggregated basis.
2. Personal information. We do not collect personally identifiable information from you unless you provide it to us voluntarily and knowingly. If you personalize a Website, volunteer, order a book, request information, or donate, for example, we may collect the following information: first and last name, street address, city, state, zip code, telephone number, e-mail address, and subject of inquiry.

   Personal information may be needed for certain optional online activities: Registration: If you choose to customize the Website to your needs by becoming a registered www.cancernavigator.org Web user, we retain the preferences you select so that you will not have to re-enter the information each time you access our Website. These preferences may include requests for e-mail, news, information on specific cancer types, language preferences, and interest group selections (patient, medical, professional, volunteer). You can access your profile by entering your user name and password each time you use the Website. You are not required, however, to enter your name or mailing address.

Data Use
We limit the use if information provided to us on our Website to the following:

Internal Use

1. If you do not make a service request, donation, purchase, or otherwise identify yourself, we will have no personally identifiable information about you. We will only use aggregate information derived, in part, from your use of our site to improve our site and our service to you.
2. If you provide personal information, we may enter your name into our constituent database and contact you in order to:
   
   • Complete voluntary surveys seeking feedback for quality and service improvements purposes.
   • Supply you with information including cancer related health news, CNAV programs, events, and services.
   • Request voluntary time or monetary contributions to CNAV.
   • Request your participation in a CNAV research study.
     
3. We collect the e-mail addresses of those who communicate with us by e-mail. Inquiries may be forwarded to the appropriate CNAV department for response and may be entered into our constituent database. If your name is entered into the database, we may contact you (see (2) above).

External Use
Your health-related information is privileged and confidential and will not be shared or released to any organization or business entity other than those affiliated with or working in conjunction with CNAV as follows:

Data Security
We are committed to protecting the security of your personal information and to honoring your choices for its intended use. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of the information, we strive to maintain physical, electronic, and administrative safeguards.

Inside CNAV, data is stored in password-controlled servers. Our staff and volunteers are educated about the importance of safeguarding your information and we are committed to holding them accountable for your confidentiality. However, such precautions do not guarantee that our Website is invulnerable to all security breaks. CNAV makes no warranty, guarantee, or representation that the use of our Website is protected from viruses, security threats, or other vulnerabilities and that your information will always be secure.

Whenever CNAV permits an external third party to access personally identifiable information, appropriate procedures are followed to help ensure that the information is used only for authorized purposes and by authorized persons in a manner consistent with the choices CNAV constituents have made under this statement, and that the security, integrity, and privacy of the information is maintained. While CNAV will employ procedures to help ensure that your information is only used for authorized purposes as described above, we cannot make any guarantees with respect to the actions or policies of such third party.

Links Within Our Website

Internal Links
Because of the various programs and services at CNAV, there are several privacy notices to inform our constituents of policies specific to the activity in which they are participating.

External Links
Our privacy policies apply only to your use of the CNAV Website. This site contains links to other sites, including sites that have a special relationship with us. We do not disclose personally identifiable information to those operating linked sites and we are not responsible for their practices. Links to other sites do not imply as endorsement of the materials or policies on those Websites. You should read the privacy policies of each site you visit to determine what information that site may be collecting about you.

Contact Us
The privacy statement will be updated periodically and posted on our Web site. It applies only to our on-line practices and does not encompass other areas of the organization. References to "American Cancer Society", "CNAV", "we", "us", and "our" are references to San Diego County Cancer Navigator and its affiliates. We reserve the right to change this policy at any time by posting revisions. You agree to review the Privacy Policies each time you use our Website so that you are aware of any modifications. By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of the CNAV Privacy Policy as posted at the time of your access or use.

Policy Updates
We reserve the right to update this policy at any time. If a material change is made to the policy, we will e-mail all registered users at the e-mail address provided at time of registration.

Linking Policy
Organizations wishing to link to or from cancernavigator.org should review our Linking Policy.

Links to third Party Sites
The American Cancer Society and Cancer Navigator have provided links to Internet sites maintained by third parties, over which the American Cancer Society and Cancer Navigator have no control. The American Cancer Society and Cancer Navigator do not endorse the content, operations, product, or services of such sites, and the American Cancer Society and Cancer Navigator are not responsible or liable for the content, operators, availability, accuracy, quality, advertising, products, services, or other materials on or available from such sites. The American Cancer Society and Cancer Navigator shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any change of loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, products or services available on or through such sites.